Privy vs Aware - What's the difference?
privy | aware |
Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.
Secret, hidden, concealed.
* 1967 , William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner , Vintage 2004, p. 82:
With knowledge of; party to; let in on.
An outdoor toilet; latrine; earth closet; john; johnny house.
(legal) A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party.
Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
Conscious or having knowledge of something.
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As nouns the difference between privy and aware
is that privy is an outdoor toilet; latrine; earth closet; john; johnny house while aware is avar.As an adjective privy
is private, exclusive; not public; one's own.privy
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The king retreated to his privy chamber.
- the privy purse
- Nonetheless, in the dark and privy stillness of our minds there are few of us who are not still haunted by worrisome doubts.
- He was privy to the discussions.
Noun
(privies)- (Burrill)
- (Wharton)
aware
English
Adjective
(er)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware , is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.}}